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I’ve recorded almost all of my books for you to listen to wherever you go if you like listening to books instead reading them. Well, listen to these audio excerpts and see what you think. There are more audio excerpts on specific book detail pages for you to hear too if you’d like to hear more audio samples of a particular book. When you buy the eBook version of a book, the audio version comes with it bundled together if the audio is available for that book. Some books aren’t recorded for certain reasons.

Soon you’ll be able to watch any number of videos related to my books, interviews, Q/A sessions, book trailers, tours and more. This is in addition to my video tutorials for CreateSpace.com and Sound Forge “Audio Studio recording/editing software. What better way to get acquainted with my books than to watch a book trailer or book tour of what you are about to read. I even have tours of this website so you can see where stuff is. So, stay tuned. Videos are coming ASAP!

What do you need help with? Check out my list of coaching, consulting and other services to see if I can be of assistance. You might need help with a book project you’re working on, website you want designed/revamped, audio recording/training, photography, video recording, interview training, brainstorming on a new book idea or need help with coming up with a book idea, … who knows! Everyone I work with knows I give 1,000% and push you to new heights creatively, in your website presence, book layout/cover design, you name it.

Book launch parties can be a lot of fun (and profitable) when they’re well-planned and promoted to family, friends, associates and others. Here’s my Book Launch Party Checklist and a few tips for orchestrating a successful book launch party every time!

When it comes to recording audio, trust me, you only want to have to record it once! Therefore, it’s a great idea to learn how to record great audio by learning from the experience of others! Here are a number of great audio recording tips you can to consider when recording your next audio product.

Did you write a book? Want to make money with it? Here’s how! Writing the book is one thing, marketing it is another, but making money is really the end goal, isn’t it? Well, for many of us, it is. We’ve got bills to pay, right? How many ways can you “spin your book” into “making money?” Well, let us count the ways together! Check out these awesome ideas for making money with your book!

So, you just wrote a new book and you’re excited to share it with the world. Well, one of the best ways to do that is to get interviewed by people who have their own podcast/radio/TV show, website, forum, blog, newsletter/eZine and an audience just ready to consume what you've just written. Getting your book [...]

Here’s how to breakthrough “writer’s block” whenever it happens! You know, there are times when you try and you try, but you just can’t seem to put a single word down on paper. Well, here are seven sure-fire ways to help you get out of the “writer’s block” rut.

Having written so many books, and helped others do the same, I’ve accumulated a lot of experience, skills, knowledge and checklists when it comes putting books together.

I think you’ll really dig these amazing articles, checklists and how-to reports for authors. No matter where you are on your journey writing your book, you’re sure to benefit from what you’re about to read, digest and act on!

Let me know what you think about the articles and checklists. Your feedback is helpful to me, always. Just leave a comment below the article. Can’t wait to read it!

In this video tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a free CreateSpace.com account to publish, distribute, print and fulfill your self-published books. It’s really easy, and literally takes only a few minutes.

If you plan on printing your book through CreateSpace.com, you might like to know how much money you could make (in royalties) if you sold your book (using CreateSpace.com) to sell through Amazon.com, your CreateSpace account eStore, and third-party book retailers online via Expanded Distribution.

The video above is #1 in a 4-part video tutorial series on how to add a book title to your CreateSpace account. This first video talks about adding your book title, sub-title. adding the author name(s), establishing a publication date, etc.

This video shows you how you might go about customizing (and uploading) the interior of your newly added book title. This video is #3 in a 4-part video tutorial series on how to add a book title to your CreateSpace account.

This video shows you how you might go about customizing (and uploading) the cover of your newly added book title. This video is #4 in a 4-part video tutorial series on how to add a book title to your CreateSpace account.

While your book title is Incomplete, I’d like to go over the Sales Channels that are available to you, in relation to your book title, and give you a few tips and some professional advice as to what you should know and do about your sales channels during this period.

In this video, I’m going to show you how to upload the INTERIOR (file) of your book to CreateSpace so their review department can review it, and hopefully approve it for printing and sales through their sales Channels. Typically, this is a PDF file or it can be a Microsoft Word .doc or .rtf also.

In this video tutorial, I’m going to go over the what it’s like to customize a cover template you might download from CreateSpace.com. In this example, we’ll be working with a cover template for a book with a trim size of 5.5 x 8.5″.

In this video, I’m going to show you how to upload the COVER (Front/Back/Spine) of your book to CreateSpace so their tech department can review it, and hopefully approve it, for printing and sales. Typically, this is a print-ready PDF file.

In this video, I will show you how to submit your INTERIOR + COVER files to CreateSpace for review. After they review your files, they might find errors, which they’ll tell you to fix or they will approve your files as-is allowing you to order copies, release for sale through their sales channels among other options you’ll have.

If you ever need to order copies of your own book from CreateSpace.com to be shipped to yourself or to a customer, friend, editor, etc., simply log into your account at CreateSpace, and click on the Order Copies link on the dashboard next to the book title you’d like to order copies of.

I don’t know who you use for printing your books, but I love using CreateSpace.com. Sure, there are others, but do you know the benefits of using CreateSpace? Let’s start with the option of uploading unlimited manuscript changes without charge. How about cheap ($3-$7) charge per proof you’d like to order. A far cry from printers who only offer you ONE proof and charge you upwards of $30 for it. Yikes, sorry, not for me.

Also, CreateSpace has it’s own online digital proofer that allows you to proof your manuscript online before you submit it for printing inspection. Why is this important? Well, for those who work on books and upload them to CreateSpace like I do, I will be informed where any errors are to ensure my manuscript is accepted for printing on the first pass of inspection. If I find errors, using their digital proofer, I’ll go back to my original manuscript and make the corrections. I could go on about why I like using CreateSpace.

This series of video tutorials teaches you a lot about using them. How to create your account, add title, upload your interior and cover files, accept them after review, order proof copies, drop ship copies to friends/customers and contact customer service.

Let me know what you think of the videos. Your feedback is helpful, always!

In this video tutorial, I’m going to show you how you can save your audio recordings in MP3 format and with different settings which will affect both sound quality and file size of your MP3 audio recording.

Recording audio, believe it or not, can become physically (and mentally) draining. Let alone, you might grow tired of restarting over and over again. In this video tutorial, I’m show you how to stop the recording process and start over QUICKLY!

Sound Forge “Audio Studio” (by Magix) is by far my favorite choice when it comes to using an audio recording and editing software program to record and edit all my audio recordings. Sure, there are other programs on the market, but I prefer my Sound Forge “Audio Studio”. Check out my video tutorials below to learn all about this great audio recording/editing software.

In these videos, you’ll learn how to buy/install the software, connect your microphone, open a new recording window, start recording, edit your recording, read the audio recording symbols, use quick keys to speed up your using the software like I do, as well as, saving your audio recordings in WAV and MP3 audio file formats and why you should save in both. I explain!

Hey, your feedback is important to me. Let me know what you think of my audio recording/editing video tutorials.

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